Kalika Purana — Chapter 27
KaP 27.1
कालिकापुराणम् सप्तविंशोऽध्यायः सृष्टि कथनम् अथ कालिका पुराण अध्याय २७ ।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। मन्वन्तरं मनोः कालो यावत् पालयते प्रजाः । एको मनुः स कालस्तु मन्वन्तरमितिश्रुतम्
kālikāpurāṇam saptaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ sṛṣṭi kathanam atha kālikā purāṇa adhyāya 27 || mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || manvantaraṃ manoḥ kālo yāvat pālayate prajāḥ | eko manuḥ sa kālastu manvantaramitiśrutam
The Kālikāpurāṇa, twenty-seventh chapter: the account of creation. Now Kālikā Purāṇa, chapter 27. Mārkaṇḍeya said: A manvantara is the time of a Manu, as long as he protects the creatures; a single Manu — that period is what is called a manvantara.
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KaP 27.2
तदेकसप्ततियुगैर्देवानामिह जायते । चतुर्दशभिः कल्पो दिनमेकं तु वेधसः
tadekasaptatiyugairdevānāmiha jāyate | caturdaśabhiḥ kalpo dinamekaṃ tu vedhasaḥ
By seventy-one such (cycles of) yugas of the gods a (manvantara) comes to be here; and by fourteen (of these) a kalpa, which is one single day of the Creator.
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KaP 27.3
दिनान्ते बह्मणो जाते सुषुप्सा तस्य जायते । योगनिद्रा महामाया समायाति पितामहम्
dinānte bahmaṇo jāte suṣupsā tasya jāyate | yoganidrā mahāmāyā samāyāti pitāmaham
When Brahmā's day has come to its end, a desire to sleep arises in him; the yoga-slumber, the great Māyā, comes upon the Grandfather.
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KaP 27.4
नाभिपद्मं प्रविश्याथ विष्णोरमिततेजसः । सुखं शेते स भगवान् ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः
nābhipadmaṃ praviśyātha viṣṇoramitatejasaḥ | sukhaṃ śete sa bhagavān brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ
Then, entering the navel-lotus of Viṣṇu of measureless splendour, that lord Brahmā, the Grandfather of the worlds, sleeps comfortably.
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KaP 27.5
ततो विष्णुः स्वयं भूत्वा रुद्ररूपी जनार्दनः । पूर्ववन्नाशयामास स सर्वं भुवनत्रयम्
tato viṣṇuḥ svayaṃ bhūtvā rudrarūpī janārdanaḥ | pūrvavannāśayāmāsa sa sarvaṃ bhuvanatrayam
Then Viṣṇu, Janārdana, himself taking the form of Rudra, destroyed all the three worlds as before.
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KaP 27.6
वायुना वह्निना सार्धं दाहयामास वै यथा । महाप्रलयकालेषु तथा सर्वं जगत् त्रयम्
vāyunā vahninā sārdhaṃ dāhayāmāsa vai yathā | mahāpralayakāleṣu tathā sarvaṃ jagat trayam
With wind together with fire he had (them) burned — just as at the times of the great dissolution, so (he burned) the whole triple world.
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KaP 27.7
जनं यान्ति प्रतापार्ता महर्लोकनिवासिनः । त्रैलोक्यदाहसमये पीडिता दारुणाग्निना
janaṃ yānti pratāpārtā maharlokanivāsinaḥ | trailokyadāhasamaye pīḍitā dāruṇāgninā
Afflicted by the heat, the dwellers of the Mahar-world go to the Jana(-world), tormented by the terrible fire at the time of the burning of the triple world.
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KaP 27.8
ततः कालान्तकैर्मेधैर्नानावर्णैर्महास्वनैः । समुत्पाद्य महावृष्टिमापूर्य भुवनत्रयम्
tataḥ kālāntakairmedhairnānāvarṇairmahāsvanaiḥ | samutpādya mahāvṛṣṭimāpūrya bhuvanatrayam
Then, having produced a great rain by means of clouds that make an end of time, of various colours and of mighty sound, and having filled the three worlds—
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KaP 27.9
चलत्तरंगैस्तोयोधैराध्रुवस्थानसंगतैः I निधाय जठरे लोकानिमांस्त्रीन् स जनार्दनः । नागपर्यंकशयने शेते स परमेश्वरः
calattaraṃgaistoyodhairādhruvasthānasaṃgataiḥ I nidhāya jaṭhare lokānimāṃstrīn sa janārdanaḥ | nāgaparyaṃkaśayane śete sa parameśvaraḥ
—with waters of tossing waves reaching up to the station of Dhruva, that Janārdana, placing these three worlds in his belly, that Supreme Lord lies on the couch that is the serpent.
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KaP 27.10
शयानं नाभिकमले ब्रह्माणं स जगप्रभुः । संस्थाप्य त्रीनिमाँल्लोकान् दग्ध्वा जगध्वा सर्वश्रियासह
śayānaṃ nābhikamale brahmāṇaṃ sa jagaprabhuḥ | saṃsthāpya trīnimā~llokān dagdhvā jagadhvā sarvaśriyāsaha
That Lord of the world, having established Brahmā, lying on the navel-lotus, (and) having burned and devoured these three worlds together with all their splendour,
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KaP 27.11
शेते स भोगिशय्यायां ब्रह्मा नारायणात्मकः । योगनिद्रावशं जातस्त्रैलोक्यग्रासबृंहितः
śete sa bhogiśayyāyāṃ brahmā nārāyaṇātmakaḥ | yoganidrāvaśaṃ jātastrailokyagrāsabṛṃhitaḥ
he lies on the serpent-bed, Brahmā whose self is Nārāyaṇa, fallen under the power of yoga-slumber, swollen with the swallowing of the triple world.
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KaP 27.12
त्रैलोक्यमखिलं दग्धं यदा कालाग्निना तदा । अनन्तः पृथिवीं त्यक्त्वा विष्णोरन्तिकमागतः
trailokyamakhilaṃ dagdhaṃ yadā kālāgninā tadā | anantaḥ pṛthivīṃ tyaktvā viṣṇorantikamāgataḥ
When the entire triple world had been burned by the fire of time, then Ananta, leaving the earth, came into the presence of Viṣṇu.
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KaP 27.13
तेन त्यक्ता तु पृथिवी क्षणमात्रादधोगता । पतिता कूर्मपृष्ठे च विशीर्णेव तदाभवत्
tena tyaktā tu pṛthivī kṣaṇamātrādadhogatā | patitā kūrmapṛṣṭhe ca viśīrṇeva tadābhavat
But the earth, abandoned by him, in a mere instant went downward, and having fallen on the tortoise's back, it then became as if shattered.
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KaP 27.14
कूर्मोऽपि महतो यत्नाच्चलन्तीं पृथिवीं जले । ब्रह्माण्डं पद्धिराक्रम्य पृष्ठे दध्रे धरां तदा
kūrmo'pi mahato yatnāccalantīṃ pṛthivīṃ jale | brahmāṇḍaṃ paddhirākramya pṛṣṭhe dadhre dharāṃ tadā
The tortoise too, with great effort, treading upon the cosmic egg with its feet, then held on its back the earth that was moving in the water.
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KaP 27.15
ब्रह्माण्डखण्डसंयोगाच्चूर्णिता पृथिवी भवेत् । इति तां परिजग्राह कूर्मरूपी जनार्दनः
brahmāṇḍakhaṇḍasaṃyogāccūrṇitā pṛthivī bhavet | iti tāṃ parijagrāha kūrmarūpī janārdanaḥ
"By collision with a fragment of the cosmic egg the earth would be pulverized" — so thinking, Janārdana in the form of a tortoise took hold of her.
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KaP 27.16
चलज्जलौघसंसर्गाच्चलन्त्या धरया तदा । कूर्मपृष्ठं बहुतरैर्वरण्डैर्विततीकृतम्
calajjalaughasaṃsargāccalantyā dharayā tadā | kūrmapṛṣṭhaṃ bahutarairvaraṇḍairvitatīkṛtam
Then, through contact with the moving mass of water, by the earth as it moved the tortoise's back was made spread over with very many welts.
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KaP 27.17
अनन्तस्तत्र गत्वा तु यत्र क्षीरोदसागरः । तत्र स्वयं श्रिया युक्तं सुषुप्सन्तं जनार्दनम्
anantastatra gatvā tu yatra kṣīrodasāgaraḥ | tatra svayaṃ śriyā yuktaṃ suṣupsantaṃ janārdanam
But Ananta, going there where the ocean of milk is, (found) there Janārdana himself, joined with Śrī, wishing to sleep;
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KaP 27.18
फणया मध्यया दध्रे त्रैलोक्यग्रासबृंहितम् । पूर्णं फणाः वितत्योर्धं पद्मं कृत्वा महाबलः । विष्णुमाच्छादयामास शेषाख्यः परमेश्वरम्
phaṇayā madhyayā dadhre trailokyagrāsabṛṃhitam | pūrṇaṃ phaṇāḥ vitatyordhaṃ padmaṃ kṛtvā mahābalaḥ | viṣṇumācchādayāmāsa śeṣākhyaḥ parameśvaram
with his middle hood he supported him who was swollen with the swallowing of the triple world; and spreading his hoods upward in full, making (of them) a lotus, the mighty one named Śeṣa covered over Viṣṇu, the Supreme Lord.
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KaP 27.19
तस्योपधानमकरोदनन्तो दक्षिणां फणाम् । उत्तरां पादयोश्चक्रे उपधानं महाबलः
tasyopadhānamakarodananto dakṣiṇāṃ phaṇām | uttarāṃ pādayoścakre upadhānaṃ mahābalaḥ
Ananta made his southern hood into a pillow (for him), and the mighty one made the northern one a pillow for his feet.
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KaP 27.20
तालवृन्तं तदा चक्रे सशेषः पश्चिमां फणाम् । स्वपन्तं बीजयामास शेषरूपी जनार्दनम्
tālavṛntaṃ tadā cakre saśeṣaḥ paścimāṃ phaṇām | svapantaṃ bījayāmāsa śeṣarūpī janārdanam
Then Śeṣa made his western hood into a fan, and in the form of Śeṣa he fanned the sleeping Janārdana.
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KaP 27.21
शङ्खं चक्रं नन्दकासिमिषुधी द्वे महाबलः । ऐशान्ययाथ फणया स दने गरुडं तथा
śaṅkhaṃ cakraṃ nandakāsimiṣudhī dve mahābalaḥ | aiśānyayātha phaṇayā sa dane garuḍaṃ tathā
With his north-eastern hood the mighty one (held) the conch, the discus, the sword Nandaka and the two quivers, and Garuḍa as well.
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KaP 27.22
गदां पद्मं च शार्ङ्गश्च तथैव विविधायुधम् । यानि चान्यानि तस्यासन्नाग्नेय्या फणया दधौ
gadāṃ padmaṃ ca śārṅgaśca tathaiva vividhāyudham | yāni cānyāni tasyāsannāgneyyā phaṇayā dadhau
The mace, the lotus, and the Śārṅga bow, and likewise weapons of every sort — and whatever others of his there were — he held with (his) southeastern hood.
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KaP 27.23
एवं कृत्वा स्वकं कायं शयनीयं तदा हरेः । पृथ्वीमधरकायेन मग्नामाक्रम्य चाम्भसि
evaṃ kṛtvā svakaṃ kāyaṃ śayanīyaṃ tadā hareḥ | pṛthvīmadharakāyena magnāmākramya cāmbhasi
Having thus made his own body into a couch for Hari, and having pressed down with his lower body the earth, sunk in the waters,
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KaP 27.24
त्रैलोक्यं ब्रह्मसहितं सलक्ष्मीकं जनार्दनम् । सोपासङ्ग जगद्वीजं जगत्कारणकारणम्
trailokyaṃ brahmasahitaṃ salakṣmīkaṃ janārdanam | sopāsaṅga jagadvījaṃ jagatkāraṇakāraṇam
(He bore) the three worlds together with Brahmā, Janārdana together with Lakṣmī, along with his quiver, the seed of the universe, the cause of the universe's cause,
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KaP 27.25
नित्यानन्दं वेदमयं ब्रह्मण्यं परमेश्वरम् । जगत्कारणकर्तारं जगत्कारणकारणम्
nityānandaṃ vedamayaṃ brahmaṇyaṃ parameśvaram | jagatkāraṇakartāraṃ jagatkāraṇakāraṇam
(him who is) eternal bliss, made of the Vedas, devoted to Brahman, the supreme Lord, the maker of the universe's cause, the cause of the universe's cause,
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KaP 27.26
भूतभव्यभवन्नाथं परावरगतिं हरिम् । दधार शिरसा तन्तु स्वयमेव स्वकां तनुम्
bhūtabhavyabhavannāthaṃ parāvaragatiṃ harim | dadhāra śirasā tantu svayameva svakāṃ tanum
Hari, the lord of past, future, and present, the goal of the higher and the lower — him (Śeṣa) bore upon his head, and by himself (bore) his own body too.
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KaP 27.27
एवं ब्रह्मदिनस्यैव प्रमाणेन निशां हरिः । सन्ध्यां च समभिव्याप्य शेते नारायणोऽव्ययः
evaṃ brahmadinasyaiva pramāṇena niśāṃ hariḥ | sandhyāṃ ca samabhivyāpya śete nārāyaṇo'vyayaḥ
Thus, for the measure of a full day of Brahmā, Hari — the imperishable Nārāyaṇa — sleeps, having spread himself over the night and the twilight as well.
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KaP 27.28
यस्मादयन्तु प्रलयो ब्रह्मणः स्याद् दिने दिने । तस्माद् दैनिन्दिनमिति ख्यापयन्ति पुराविदः
yasmādayantu pralayo brahmaṇaḥ syād dine dine | tasmād dainindinamiti khyāpayanti purāvidaḥ
Since this dissolution comes about for Brahmā day after day, therefore those who know the ancient lore declare it to be the 'daily' (dissolution).
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KaP 27.29
व्यतीतायां निशायां तु ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः । त्यक्त्वा निद्रां समुत्तस्थौ स पुनः सृष्टये हितः
vyatītāyāṃ niśāyāṃ tu brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ | tyaktvā nidrāṃ samuttasthau sa punaḥ sṛṣṭaye hitaḥ
But when the night had passed, Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, casting off sleep, rose up, intent once more upon creation.
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KaP 27.30
त्रैलोक्यं तोयसम्पूर्णं शयानं पुरुषोत्तमम् । निरीक्ष्य वैष्णवीं मायां महामायां जगन्मयीम् । योगनिद्रां स तुष्टाव हरेरंगेषु संस्थिताम्
trailokyaṃ toyasampūrṇaṃ śayānaṃ puruṣottamam | nirīkṣya vaiṣṇavīṃ māyāṃ mahāmāyāṃ jaganmayīm | yoganidrāṃ sa tuṣṭāva hareraṃgeṣu saṃsthitām
Seeing the three worlds filled with water and Puruṣottama lying asleep, he praised the Vaiṣṇava Māyā, the great Māyā who is (all) the world, Yoganidrā, abiding in the limbs of Hari.
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KaP 27.31
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। चितिशक्तिं निर्विकारां परब्रह्मस्वरूपिणीम् । प्रणमामि महामायां योगनिद्रां सनातनीम्
|| brahmovāca || citiśaktiṃ nirvikārāṃ parabrahmasvarūpiṇīm | praṇamāmi mahāmāyāṃ yoganidrāṃ sanātanīm
Brahmā said: I bow to the power of consciousness, changeless, whose own form is the supreme Brahman — to Mahāmāyā, to Yoganidrā, the eternal one.
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KaP 27.32
त्वं विद्या योगिनां देवि त्वं गतिस्त्वं मतिः स्तुतिः । त्वं सृष्टिस्त्वं स्थितिः स्वाहा स्वधा त्वमिह गीतिका
tvaṃ vidyā yogināṃ devi tvaṃ gatistvaṃ matiḥ stutiḥ | tvaṃ sṛṣṭistvaṃ sthitiḥ svāhā svadhā tvamiha gītikā
You, O Goddess, are the knowledge of the yogins; you are the goal, you are thought, you are praise; you are creation, you are preservation, you are Svāhā, Svadhā, and the song here.
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KaP 27.33
त्वं सामगीतिस्त्वं नीतिस्त्वं ह्रीः श्रीस्त्वं सरस्वती । योगनिद्रा महामाया मोहनिद्रा त्वमीश्वरी
tvaṃ sāmagītistvaṃ nītistvaṃ hrīḥ śrīstvaṃ sarasvatī | yoganidrā mahāmāyā mohanidrā tvamīśvarī
You are the chant of the Sāman, you are polity, you are modesty, you are Śrī, you are Sarasvatī; you are Yoganidrā, Mahāmāyā, the sleep of delusion, the sovereign lady.
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KaP 27.34
त्वं कान्तिः सर्वशक्तिस्त्वं त्वं तनुर्वैष्णवी शिवा । त्वं धात्री सर्वलोकानामविद्या त्वं शरीरिणाम्
tvaṃ kāntiḥ sarvaśaktistvaṃ tvaṃ tanurvaiṣṇavī śivā | tvaṃ dhātrī sarvalokānāmavidyā tvaṃ śarīriṇām
You are beauty, you are all power, you are the Vaiṣṇava body, the auspicious one; you are the sustainer of all the worlds, you are the ignorance of embodied beings.
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KaP 27.35
आधारशक्तिस्त्वं देवी त्वं हि ब्रह्माण्डधारिणी । त्वमेव सर्वजगतां प्रकृतिस्त्रिगुणात्मिकां ॥
ādhāraśaktistvaṃ devī tvaṃ hi brahmāṇḍadhāriṇī | tvameva sarvajagatāṃ prakṛtistriguṇātmikāṃ ||
You, O Goddess, are the supporting power; you indeed are the bearer of the cosmic egg; you alone are the Nature of all the worlds, consisting of the three qualities.
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KaP 27.36
त्वं सावित्री च गायत्री सौम्यासौम्यातिशोभना । त्वं सिसृक्षा हरेर्नित्या सुषुप्सा त्वं सुषुप्तिका
tvaṃ sāvitrī ca gāyatrī saumyāsaumyātiśobhanā | tvaṃ sisṛkṣā harernityā suṣupsā tvaṃ suṣuptikā
You are Sāvitrī and Gāyatrī, gentle and ungentle, exceedingly lovely; you are Hari's eternal urge to create, you are the urge to sleep and deep sleep itself.
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KaP 27.37
पुष्टिर्लज्जा क्षमा शान्तिस्त्वं धृतिः परमेश्वरी । त्वयैव क्षितिरूपेण ध्रियते सचराचरम्
puṣṭirlajjā kṣamā śāntistvaṃ dhṛtiḥ parameśvarī | tvayaiva kṣitirūpeṇa dhriyate sacarācaram
You are nourishment, modesty, forbearance, peace, firmness, O supreme sovereign lady; by you alone, in the form of the earth, is (this world) with its moving and unmoving beings upheld.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 27.38
त्वमापस्त्वमपां माता सर्वान्तर्गतचारिणी । स्तुतिः स्तुत्या च स्तोत्री च स्तुतिशक्तिस्त्वमेव च
tvamāpastvamapāṃ mātā sarvāntargatacāriṇī | stutiḥ stutyā ca stotrī ca stutiśaktistvameva ca
You are the waters, you are the mother of the waters, moving within all things; you alone are the praise, the object of praise, the praiser, and the power of praising.
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KaP 27.39
त्वामहं किन्नु स्तोष्यामि प्रसीद परमेश्वरि । नमस्तुभ्यं जगन्मातः प्रबोधय जनार्दनम्
tvāmahaṃ kinnu stoṣyāmi prasīda parameśvari | namastubhyaṃ jaganmātaḥ prabodhaya janārdanam
How shall I praise you? Be gracious, O supreme sovereign lady. Homage to you, O Mother of the world: awaken Janārdana!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 27.40
एवं स्तुता महामाया ब्रह्मणा लोककारिणा । नेत्रास्यनासिका बाहु - हृदयान्निर्गता हरे । राजसीं मूर्तिमाश्रित्य सा तस्थौ ब्रह्मदर्शने
evaṃ stutā mahāmāyā brahmaṇā lokakāriṇā | netrāsyanāsikā bāhu - hṛdayānnirgatā hare | rājasīṃ mūrtimāśritya sā tasthau brahmadarśane
Thus praised by Brahmā, the maker of the worlds, Mahāmāyā came forth from Hari's eyes, face, nostrils, arms and heart, and taking on a form of the rājasic quality she stood in Brahmā's sight.
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KaP 27.41
ततो जनार्दनो भोगिशयनान्निद्रया क्षणात् । परित्यक्तः समुत्तस्थौ सृष्टये चाकरोन्मतिम्
tato janārdano bhogiśayanānnidrayā kṣaṇāt | parityaktaḥ samuttasthau sṛṣṭaye cākaronmatim
Then Janārdana, released in an instant by sleep, rose up from his couch, the serpent, and set his mind upon creation.
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KaP 27.42
ततो वराहरूपेण निमग्नां पृथिवीं जले । मग्नां समुद्दधाराशु न्यधाच्च सलिलोपरि
tato varāharūpeṇa nimagnāṃ pṛthivīṃ jale | magnāṃ samuddadhārāśu nyadhācca salilopari
Then, in the form of a boar, (he) quickly lifted up the earth that had sunk, submerged in the water, and set it upon the water.
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KaP 27.43
तस्योपरि जलौघस्य महती नौरिव स्थिता । विततत्वाच्च देहस्य न मही याति संप्लवम्
tasyopari jalaughasya mahatī nauriva sthitā | vitatatvācca dehasya na mahī yāti saṃplavam
Upon that mass of water it stood like a great ship; and because his body was spread out wide, the earth does not go to sinking.
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KaP 27.44
ततो हरिः क्षितिं गत्वा तोयराशिं स्वमायया । संहृत्य जन्तुस्थितये प्रवृत्तः स्वयमेव हि
tato hariḥ kṣitiṃ gatvā toyarāśiṃ svamāyayā | saṃhṛtya jantusthitaye pravṛttaḥ svayameva hi
Then Hari, having gone to the earth and withdrawn the mass of water by his own magic power, himself set about (it) for the establishing of living beings.
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KaP 27.45
अनन्तोऽपि यथापूर्वं तथा गत्वा क्षितेस्तलम् । पृथिवीं धारयामास कूर्मस्योपरि संस्थितः
ananto'pi yathāpūrvaṃ tathā gatvā kṣitestalam | pṛthivīṃ dhārayāmāsa kūrmasyopari saṃsthitaḥ
Ananta too, going as before to the underside of the earth, upheld the earth, stationed upon the tortoise.
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KaP 27.46
ततो ब्रह्मा समुत्पाद्य सर्वानेव प्रजापतीन् । जगदुत्पादयामास सर्वलोकपितामहः
tato brahmā samutpādya sarvāneva prajāpatīn | jagadutpādayāmāsa sarvalokapitāmahaḥ
Then Brahmā, the grandfather of all the worlds, having produced all the Prajāpatis, brought forth the world.
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KaP 27.47
ब्रह्मा वा कुरुते सृष्टिं यदान्ये वापि कुर्वते । दक्षाद्यास्तु प्रजापालाः स्वयमेव तदिच्छया
brahmā vā kurute sṛṣṭiṃ yadānye vāpi kurvate | dakṣādyāstu prajāpālāḥ svayameva tadicchayā
Whether Brahmā makes the creation, or whether others make it, still Dakṣa and the rest are protectors of creatures of themselves, by his will.
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KaP 27.48
परब्रह्मस्वरूपी यः सोऽनुगृह्णाति सन्ततम् । प्रकृतिश्चानुगृह्णाति महाभूतानि पञ्च वै
parabrahmasvarūpī yaḥ so'nugṛhṇāti santatam | prakṛtiścānugṛhṇāti mahābhūtāni pañca vai
He who has the nature of the supreme Brahman favors (all) continually; and Prakṛti favors the five great elements.
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KaP 27.49
पुरुषश्चानुगृह तथैव महदादयः । ईश्वरेच्छान्वधिष्ठानात् पुरुषादष्टसंचयात्
puruṣaścānugṛha tathaiva mahadādayaḥ | īśvarecchānvadhiṣṭhānāt puruṣādaṣṭasaṃcayāt
And Puruṣa favors (them), and likewise the mahat and the rest — through the presiding that accords with the Lord's will, from Puruṣa, from the eightfold aggregate.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 27.50
पुरुषाणामधिष्ठानान्महाभूतगणस्य च । तथैव महदादीनां कालस्य च महात्मनः । अधिष्ठानात् प्रधानस्य यच्च किञ्चन जायते
puruṣāṇāmadhiṣṭhānānmahābhūtagaṇasya ca | tathaiva mahadādīnāṃ kālasya ca mahātmanaḥ | adhiṣṭhānāt pradhānasya yacca kiñcana jāyate
From the presiding of the puruṣas and of the host of great elements, and likewise of the mahat and the rest, and of Time the great one, and from the presiding of Pradhāna — whatever comes to be,
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KaP 27.51
स्थावरं जङ्गमं वापि स्थिरं वाप्यथवोम्भूतम् । सर्वमेतदधिष्ठानाज्जायते द्विजसत्तमाः
sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ vāpi sthiraṃ vāpyathavombhūtam | sarvametadadhiṣṭhānājjāyate dvijasattamāḥ
whether unmoving or moving, whether fixed or come into being — all this is born from (that) presiding, O best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 27.52
इति वः कथितं सर्वं यथैवादर्शयत् पुरा । हराय सृष्टिसंहार-कल्पास्तान् भगवान् हरिः
iti vaḥ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ yathaivādarśayat purā | harāya sṛṣṭisaṃhāra-kalpāstān bhagavān hariḥ
Thus all has been told to you, just as the Lord Hari formerly showed to Hara those aeons of creation and dissolution.
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KaP 27.53
यथा जगत् प्रपञ्चस्यासारता दर्शिता परा । यच्च सारं दर्शितं तन्मत्तः शृण्वन्तु वै द्विजाः
yathā jagat prapañcasyāsāratā darśitā parā | yacca sāraṃ darśitaṃ tanmattaḥ śṛṇvantu vai dvijāḥ
How the supreme insubstantiality of the world's manifold display was shown, and what was shown to be substance — let the twice-born hear that from me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition